Argument & Persuasion Vocabulary

the quality of being trusted and believed in

• fallacious reasoning

• relevance

• credibility

• rhetoric

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

The direct meaning of a word; the dictionary definition

• explicit

• inference

• connotative

• denotative

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

an appeal to ethics and credibility; the speaker gains trust from the audience

• pathos

• ethos

• logos

• fallacy

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

an appeal to logic and reason

• pathos

• logos

• ethos

• counterclaim

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

an appeal to emotion

• pathos

• logos

• ethos

• fallacy

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

the author's perspective on the topic

• claim

• purpose

• point-of-view

• central idea

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

the author's reason for writing the piece

• purpose

• thesis

• tone

• claim

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

the art of effective persuasion, especially the use of figures of speech and appeals

• rhetoric

• counterclaim

• credibility

• argument

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

the author's attitude toward a subject

• tone

• purpose

• claim

• credibility

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

The writer's main argument or thesis

• claim

• main idea

• evidence

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4